Weekend Reflections and Lent Notes by W A Bivins
Weekend reflections touch daily joys and friendships as a man notes how work and small acts of kindness shape life. He cites Ash Wednesday Lent customs and Easter timing with a nephew's Mardi Gras voyage, then recalls personal fasting and sharing bread with the hungry. A closing quip about political rise through obstacles ends the column.
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New Orleans
Charles W. Stuart
C. F. Stuart
Blain Street
Navy
Pacific
Shanghai
Was Cyrano de Bergerac a real celebrated nose figure
The text asks if Cyrano de Bergerac was a real person famed for a large nose and inquires about Father Damien and Sir Thomas Lip, followed by a witty fragment about etiquette and a child's dining habits using bread as a pusher.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Father Damien
Sir Thomas Lip
Today Horoscope Advises Quiet Solitude and Courage
The reading notes a friendly personality and strong intuition marking this birthday. It warns of unstable early romance, urges calm to protect health, and encourages bold action despite a potential late evening argument over extravagance at home.
Savinier Cyrano te Bergerac French Author 1619 1655
A historical note confirms Savinier Cyrano de Bergerac was a French author born in 1619 and died in 1655. The second item highlights a Belgian priest who cared for lepers at Molokia, contracted the disease, and died. The third sketches a yachtsman from Glasgow with Irish heritage who repeatedly challenged for the America's Cup, acquiring wealth in tea, coffee, and cocoa trades.
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Savinier Cyrano Te Bergerac
Molokai
Glasgow
England
Butcher Traps Housebreaker in Refrigerator
Philadelphia report says Max L. Price, a butcher, trapped a housebreaker in his shop's refrigerator after the man fled his living quarters. Police arrived to take the intruder into custody.
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Philadelphia
Max L. Price
Price
Blind High School Students Learn Dancing in Braille
Twenty Marshall high school students who are blind study dance with biology teacher Edward W. Bossing guiding them. They learn to walk to music first then progress from two step to the waltz and polka as they master rhythm and coordination.
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Chicago
INS
Marshall High School
Marshall
Edward W. Bossing
Bossing
Egypt
Radio Schedule Highlights Corrections and Time Adjustments
Early evening schedule lists program changes due to late network corrections. Highlights include Front Page Farrell, Hop Harrigan repeats, The Green Hornet, Amos and Andy, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and News broadcasts across CBS NBC ABC and regional feeds with varying time shifts for EST CST and MST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell
Abe Sparrow
the Hawk
Cbs
Tennessee Jed
Abc-East
Hop Harrigan
Abc
Tom Mix
Mbs-Basic
Quincy Howe
Dbs
Walter Kiernan
Terry
Abc-West
Howe
Mbs-West
Abc-Basic
Cbs News
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Abe
Jack Smith
Raymond
Abe Arthur Hale
Harkness
Abc West
Inside of Sports
Bill Brandt
Judy
Abedventures
Falcon
Amos and Andy
Cbs Gaz
Lombardo
Orchestra
Abe Gabriel Heatter
One
Cbs Torsk
Egypt Students Lead Push for Total Independence from Britain
In Cairo Mustapha Momen a 20 year old architecture student and Moslem Brotherhood member rallies thousands of students in daily demonstrations. He argues Britain has promised evacuation since 1882 and vows a revolt if the UN council fails to remove troops.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mustapha
Fuad University
Giza
Mustaphas
Patrick Henry
Momen
United States
America
Russia
Pranda
Eight GI Women Resume Their Classwork At Duke
Eight former service women return to Duke University to resume studies. Mary Jane MacSwain from Bowling Green Florida and Eva Peacock Brown from Cottonwood Alabama pursue English and nursing through Duke Women’s College and Duke hospital. Ellen Earnhardt Morrison, Mary Gale, Lucille Lawton, and others follow paths in English, nursing, or art after WAVES and Navy service with postings from Washington to Paris to Tokyo.
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Durham
Mar
Duke University
Woman's College
Mary Jane MacSwain
Bowling Green
Florida
Duke School of Nursing
State Eye For Women
Duke
Navy
Charleston Navy Yard
San Francisco
Camp Shoemaker
Fleet City
Calfornia
Miami
Fla
Eva Peacock Brown
Cottonwood
Ala
Marseilles
Duke Hospital
Ellen Earnhardt Morrison
LeRoy Earnhardt
Roxboro Road
Durham City
Waves
Raleigh
Hunter College
New York City
Stillwater
Ohlo
Washington, D. C
Naval Communications Branch
Civil Service Commission
Board of Education
Mount Vernon
Pensacola
Ge Primanele
Lucille Lawton
Orlando
Marine Corps
New River
Norman
Okla
Navy School For Aviation
el Toro
Calif
Mary E. M. Smith
Rochester
Executors Notice of Luther L Hendrix Estate
Executors of Luther L Hendrix deceased in Guilford County North Carolina notify creditors to present claims by February 6 1947 and all indebted parties to pay immediately. Dorothy Byrum Hendrix and Eugene Hendrix executors report in Jamestown Route 1 February 5 12 19 26 1946 3/5-12.
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J. M. Curtis
City of
High Point
North Carolina
Flonence W. Allen
Aas
J. Clik
Municipal Court of
N. C
Luther L. Hendrix
Guilford County
Dorothy Byrum Hendrix
Eugene Hendrix
Jamestown
Greek election chaos nears as 45 parties clash
In Athens on March 12 Greece faces chaotic final days before a disputed election tied to Metaxas era history. Leftists threaten to abstain without cabinet posts while right and center vie for influence amid violence and calls for order. The expected vote may hinge on a complex left right split and distant plebiscite.
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S. Chackales
Athens
Greece
Assembly
John Metaxas
Themistocles Sophoulis
Ministry of Public Order
EAM
National Liberation Front
KKE
Communist
Pears
Tone Sing
Aowin
Representat
Socialist Democrats
Papendreau
Venizelos
George V
Sophdulis
Urists
Suno
Amfoge
Amfoge Cm
Swiss to Retain German Asset Funds in Swiss Census
Bern reports a Swiss government census of German and Austrian assets to keep blocked funds in Swiss hands. The Office of Compensation will collect declarations on credits and claims against German-based persons and firms, including foreign residents in Switzerland before 1946 and firms headquartered in Switzerland. A Liechtenstein extension is noted.
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Bern
INS
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Federal Council
Swiss Office of Compensation
Office of Compensation
Swiss
Liechten- Stein
Gaffney Strike Reaches Seven Months in South Carolina
Gaffney Manufacture company strike marks seven months as more than 700 workers who walked out last September continue picketing. Disputes over wages, conditions, and union dues checkoff persist after army operation and talks between management and Local 269 of the Textile Workers Union of America CIO.
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Gaffney
S. C
Gaffney Manufacture Company
War Department
Textile Workers Union of America Cio
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Pathfinder
Herrick
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Call Well
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JiMmy Hatle
Burt
Hal Boyle
Annie Curtis
Kyr
Qynd
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Eckerd
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